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I have never played guitar. But I have listened to as much of it as any man my age, or at least any non-Guitar Center employee my age.

The common thread: just about everyone on this list has a totally recognizable, distinct sound. While all of them are incredibly talented, I am less biased towards technical virtuosity than uniqueness and feel (though I grew up on virtuoso hard rock guitarists, to be sure). Have uploaded a few videos (an insanely easy task on Ranker, thanks Paul), and will continue to add more.

While the majority of rocks's greatest guitarists came out of the classic rock era, it has been encouraging to see some new entries from recent years after a "guitar hero lull" in the 90s.Note that I am punishing some of my favorite guitar bands from sending representatives to this list - namely bands with 2 guitarists, particularly "dual leads" (except for Angus), though if the sum was equal to the parts bands like Maiden and Priest would be on here - at some point I will do an "addendum list" that adds guitar teams to the mix. It's the fair thing to do.

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Rank   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality
  1. 1
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Jazz, Rock and roll
    Voodoo Blues, Jimmy Page: Hip Young Guitar Slinger, The Jimmy Page Collection, Live at the Greek, Whatever Happened to Jugula?, Jimmy's Back Pages... The Early Years, James Patrick Page: Session Man (1963-1967), Volume 1, James Patrick Page: Session Man (1963-1967), Volume 2, Death Wish II, Jimmy Page & Friends, Lucifer Rising, The Masters: No Introduction Required, This Guitar Kills, James Patrick Page: Session Man Volume Two, Guitar Boogie, Coverdale/Page, Guitar for Hire, James Patrick Page: Session Man Volume One, No Introduction Necessary, Outrider More
    England
    The Master. Literally didn't play a weak note on record for the entire Led Zeppelin run. Went through a pretty dull period in the 80s but live (and sporadically in the studio) has returned to form in his latter years.
  2. 2
    Rock music, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Jazz, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Country rock, Bluegrass, Jam band More
    San Francisco
    Side Trips - Volume One, Been All Around This World, Almost Acoustic, Garcia, The Pizza Tapes, Reflections, Lonesome Prison Blues, Hooteroll?, Compliments, Old & In The Way (disc 2), The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, Cats Under the Stars, Shady Grove, Not For Kids Only, Garcia/Grisman, So What, The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol 1: Legion of Mary, Theatre 1839 (July 29 & 30, 1977), Garcia Plays Dylan, All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, All Good Things Redux: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, Run for the Roses, Deep Elum Blues More
    United States of America
    Never a more soulful player than Jerry.
  3. 3
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Funk-rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Acid rock, Psychedelia More
    Seattle
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story, Jimi Hendrix, Hendrix in the West, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Volume 2, Sunshine of Your Love, Rainbow Bridge, Midnight Lightning, Experience, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 5: Something on Your Mind, Albert Hall Experience, Loose Ends, Woodstock, The Jimi Hendrix Album, Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead, Valleys of Neptune, Cornerstones: 1967–1970, The Last Experience Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Cosmic Turnaround, Purple Haze, Introspective, 1970-07-04: 2nd International Pop Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA, Superstars Best Collection, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 2: Flashing, Rainbow Bridge, Live at the Oakland Coliseum, The Best Of, In the Studio, Volume 1, In the Studio, Volume 6, In the Studio, Volume 10, 1968-03-17: Blues at Midnight: Cafe au Go-Go, New York, NY, USA, 1967-03-18: Studio 1, NDR Funkhaus, Hamburg, Germany, Deutschlandhalle, Berlin 4th Sept 1970, Live at Maple Leaf Gardens '69, The Summer of Love Sessions, The Ultimate Live Collection, The Best (disc 1), Jimi Hendrix Collection, Jimi Hendrix: The Singles Album, Talent & Feeling, Volume 2, Black Gold, Volume 1, Villanova Junction, Live at the Fillmore East, A Film About Jimi Hendrix-DeLuxe Edition - Disc 2, Groove Maker (disc 2), Doriella du Fontaine, Jimi Hendrix, Nine to the Universe, Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, The Jimi Hendrix Concerts, Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix, Digitally Remastered, The King's Jam, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Anthology, Live: Birth of Success, War Heroes, Voodoo Chile, Orange Collection, Black Gold, Volume 3, Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, Valleys of Neptune, Live at Woodstock, Whipper, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 6: On the Killing Floor, Live!, 1969-08-18: Woodstock Nation: Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY, USA, Stockholm Concert, Isle of Wight, Voodoo Soup, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Most Famous Hits, ... At His Best 1, Black Gold, Hey Joe, Live at Monterey, West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, The Early Years, Live at l'Olympia Paris, It Never Takes an End..., 1970-01-01: Fillmore East, NYC, USA, Red House - Wild Thing - Good Times - Fire, Bleeding Heart, The Alternate Electric Ladyland, Axis: Bolder Than Love, Crash Landing: Master Reels & Outtakes, Get DMXperienced, 51st Anniversary (The Story of Life...), Manic Expressions, 19 Great Performances, The Shadow of Jimi Hendrix, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Volumes One and Two, Live Isle of Wight '70, Best of Jimi Hendrix, A Film About Jimi Hendrix, Two Great Experiences, Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight, Jimi Hendrix, More Experience, Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings, Woke up this Morning and Found Myself Dead, Blues, BBC Sessions, The Cry of Love, Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968, Live at the Isle of Fehmarn, More "Experience", Jimi Plays Monterey, Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley, Johnny B. Goode, Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions, Jimi Plays Berkeley, Band of Gypsys 2, Live in Ottawa, Stone Free, Electric Jimi Hendrix, Re-Experienced, The Singles Collection, Live at the Oakland Coliseum, Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968, South Saturn Delta, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, Crash Landing, Hear My Music, Smash Hits, Morning Symphony Ideas, Burning Desire, Live at Clark University, Band of Gypsys, Winterland, Jimi Hendrix (Volume IV), Black Gold, Volume 2, Blue Wild Angel, Gloria, Stages, Experiences, Live at Winterland, Drone Blues, Hear My Freedom, Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, The Psychedelic Voodoo Child, 16 Greatest Classics, Purple Haze, Cornerstones 1967-1970, The Official Bootleg, American Dream, Cornerstones, The Rainbow Bridge Concert, Bleeding Heart, Last American Concert, Volume I, Psycho - She's A Fox - Little Wing - Purple Haze, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 4: Live at George's Club, 1967-09-04: Stora Scenen, Gröna Lund, Tivoli Graden, Stockholm, Sweden, Live , Sotheby's Private Reels, Band of Gypsys, Volume 3, The Best of..., All the Hits, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blues Blues, Jimi Hendrix Collection, Rainbow Bridge, Voodoo Child, The Wind Cries Mary, Night Life, Diamonds in the Dust, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volumes 5 & 6: Something on Your Mind / On the Killing Floor, 20th century Music collection, In the Studio, Volume 8, 1970-04-07: Pop Fest, Atlanta, GA, USA, Jimi at the Beeb, Shokan Sunrise, A Film About Jimi Hendrix-DeLuxe Edition - Disc 3, Real Gold, The Magic Collection, The Story of Jimi Hendrix, The Early Years, The Look Behind Collection, Winterland Night, The First Recordings, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 1: Get That Feeling, Electric Gypsys, 1968-03-19: Live From Ottawa: Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1967-05-24: Stora Scenen, Gröna Lund, Tivoli Garden, Stockholm, Sweden, 1969-01-08: Cat's Squirrel, Lorensbergs Cirkus, Gothenburg, Sweden, Kiss the Sky, Rainbow Bridge, Monterey International Pop Festival - Otis Redding/The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Experience, Jimi Hendrix discography, Strate Ahead, Soulful Sessions: Outtake Masters, Acoustic Jams, I Don't Live Today, Jimi Hendrix Live!, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Jimi in Denmark, Paris Jan 29th 1968 Experience, Live at The "Scene" Club, Live at Los Angeles Forum 1969, Red House (Live), The Last Experience, LA Forum 26th April 1969, NYC '68, First Night at the Royal Albert Hall, Astro Man, The Berkeley Concert, Wizard's Visions, Sweet Angel, Jamming Live at the Scene Club, NYC, Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead - Live in NY, Live At The Scene Club, N.Y., N.Y., No More a Rolling Stone, 1968-04-05: The Dusty Springfield Show, 1968-10-12: Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1969-02-24: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 1970-08-31: Free Concert: Stora Scenen, Stockholm, Sweden, Away From This Rainy Cloud, Ballad of Jimi, Flamingo Club 02-04-67, The Jimi Hendrix Gold Collection, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Story, Volume 1, Early Classics, At His Best, Bellaphon Compilation, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 3: Ballad of Jimi, The Millenium Edition: The Very Best of Jimi Hendrix, Gold Collection, Best Of, Rescued From Randall's Island, Multicolored Blues, Volume 1, Before the Experience, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock 25th Anniversary, Ball & Chain, 8 Original Hits of Jimi Hendrix, Volume II: Free Spirit, Live USA, Last Experience, Black Gold Box Set, In the Studio, Volume 7, Purple Haze - Black Box, Spotlight, Sotheby's Auction Tapes, Am I Blue, Message From Nine to the Universe, The Ultimate Experience, Studio Haze, Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, In the Studio, Volume 3, Mixdown Master Tapes, Super Stars Best Collection, The Experience Collection, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Axis Outtakes, Complete McLaughlin Jam, 10 Tracks at the Albert Hall from the Sunday Times, In the Studio, Volume 2, In the Studio, Volume 4, In Flame, In the Studio, Volume 9, Jimi Hendrix & Carlos Santana, New York Session, Drivin' South, She's a Fox, Cherokee Mist, Burnin' Soul, Best Of: The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Lonnie Youngblood and The So Called Jimi Hendrix Tapes, In the Studio, Volume 5, Historic Hendrix, Eye's and Imagination, Early Years, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Zweitausendeins, Hornets Nest, Freak Out Blues, Midnight Lightning Revisited More
    United States of America
    If he had lived a longer life, I am almost positive he would have been my #1.
  4. 4
    Rock music, Hard rock, Progressive rock, Soft rock, Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Art rock More
    Cambridge
    On an Island, Live in Gdansk (disc 1), Live in Gdańsk, Blue Light, There's No Way Out of There / Deafinitely, Metallic Spheres, David Gilmour, Arnold Layne, David Gilmour Live 1984, David Gilmour in Concert, About Face, Smile, Remember That Night: Live From the Royal Albert Hall, London 1984 More
    England
    Over the years my appreciation of Mr David Gilmour just seems to grow and grow, so he's gotta go above Blackmore. Plus I am totally uninterested in Blackmore's Night, so I probably punish Ritchie a bit there.
  5. 5
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Popular music, Speed metal, Neo-classical metal More
    United States of America, Netherlands, Indonesia
    Come back, Eddie, come back!
  6. 6
    Rock music, Hard rock, Progressive rock, Heavy metal, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Medieval music, Neo-classical metal, Medieval folk rock, Classic metal More
    Take It!, Rock Profile, Volume Two, Ritchie Blackmore/Blackmore's Night - Golden Collection 2000, Rock Profile, Volume One More
    United Kingdom, England
    I had a picture of Blackmore in my locker in high school. Monster player and showman - who cares if he was sloppy live at times, in my book that was what made him so exciting.
  7. 7
    Rock music, Hard rock, Folk rock, Experimental rock, Country rock, Techno, Blues, Southern rock, Grunge music More
    Toronto, Winnipeg
    Harvest Moon, Dead Man, Mystery Train, After the Gold Rush, Lucky Thirteen, Zuma, Living With War: In the Beginning, Greatest Hits, Chrome Dreams II, Hawks & Doves, Life, Rust Never Sleeps, Archives, Live at the Fillmore East, Neil Young, Live Rock am Ring 2002, Are You Passionate?, The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 02-01-71, Live at Massey Hall 1971, Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968, Freedom, American Stars 'n Bars, This Note's for You, Eldorado, Live Rust, Harvest, Dead Man, Everybody's Rockin', Trans, Moonstruck, Sleeps With Angels, Le Grand Rex Second Evening (disc 2), Neil Young Archives, Landing on Water, Arc, Fork in the Road, Tonight's the Night, Rockin' in the Free World, A Treasure, On the Beach, Journey Through the Past, Live on the River, Ragged Glory, The Bernstein Tapes, The Riverboat, Living With War, Four Way Street, Re-ac-tor, Prairie Wind, Weld, Comes a Time, Untitled Live, 1971-01-27: Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado, Coulder, CO, USA, Neil Young Live Unauthorised, Volume 1, Unplugged, Homegrown, Time Fades Away, Chrome Dreams, Silver & Gold, 2000-09-22: Red Rocks, Anthology, Heart of Gold, Live in USA 1992, Carnegie Hall 1970-12-05, Road Rock Vol. 1, Acoustic Young, Eurotour 2001 Comp, Trans World Tour, Le Grand Rex First Night, Le Noise, Sample & Hold, Decade, Greatest Hits, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Mirror Ball, Where the Buffalo Roam, Ditch Trilogy, Merkin Ball, Neil Young: Silver and Gold, Dreamin' Man, Old Ways, The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young, Philadelphia More
    Canada
    Technically, nowhere near the equal of any of my top 20 or so. But Neil almost created the guitar sound that was grunge, and for pure unique feedback stoner crunch nothing beats electric Neil.
  8. 8
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Jazz, Doom metal, Blues
    Fused, Iommi, The 1996 DEP Sessions, Eighth star
    England
    Though not as flashy as Page or Blackmore, Iommi wrote an equal amount of monster riffs, and singlehandedly invented the heavier side of Metal.
  9. 9
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Jam band, Instrumental rock, Free improvisation More
    Burlington
    Bar 17, Seis de Mayo, The Lucius Beebe EP, Vermont Youth Orchestra with Trey Anastasio & Ernie Stires, Original Boardwalk Style, Trey Anastasio, Plasma, One Man's Trash, Time Turns Elastic, Trampled by Lambs and Pecked by the Dove, Trey Anastasio with Special Guests Carlos Santana, Surrender to The Air, The Horseshoe Curve, Lucius Beebe, One Man's Trash, Live in Chicago, 18 Steps, Live in New York City 12-31-05, Shine, The Orpheum - Boston, MA, Live in Chicago More
    United States of America
    THE monster player of his generation - and perhaps the most diverse rock guitar hero of all time.
  10. 10
    Rock music, Blues-rock, Roots rock, Country, Country rock, Blues, Celtic rock More
    Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne
    The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations, What It Is, Music from 'Cal', Kill to Get Crimson, Get Lucky, Sailing to Philadelphia - Single, Shangri-La, Real Live Roadrunning, Screenplaying, Golden Heart, Wag the Dog, The Ragpicker's Dream, A Shot at Glory, Sailing to Philadelphia, All the Roadrunning, RÜDIGER - Single, Cal, A Night in London, Missing... Presumed Having a Good Time, Going Home: Theme from Local Hero, Grand Collection, Darling Pretty, The Princess Bride, Darling Pretty - Single, Last Exit to Brooklyn, One Take Radio Sessions, A Shot at Glory, Golden Live in Hamburg, Cannibals, The Sailing to Philadelphia Tour, Comfort and Joy, Local Hero, The Ragpicker's Dream, Boom, Like That, Neck and Neck, Why Aye Man - Single, The Ragpicker's Dream, The Trawlerman's Song, Metroland More
    United Kingdom, England, Scotland
    Part of me is shocked Knopfler made my Top 10 and I have a feeling I'm forgetting someone major, but the man is an absolute master of his craft and while not playing Dire Straits - level awesomeness, he's putting out some decent solo material.
  11. 11
    Hard rock, Heavy metal
    Thank You 2, Adventures of the Imagination, Forever and More - The Best of Michael Schenker, The Odd Trio, The Story of Michael Schenker, Thank You 3, Thank You 4...., Guitar Master: The Kulick Sessions, Thank You, Dreams and Expressions, The Odd Trio More
    Germany
    Wow. Schenker would rank even higher if he had lasted longer in his prime before going off into whack-job land.
  12. 12
    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Soul music, Jazz, Blues, Jam band, Southern rock More
    An Anthology, Ton-Ton Macoute!, Duane & Greg Allman, Duane Allman: An Anthology, Duane Allman: An Anthology, Volume 2 More
    United States of America
  13. 13

    Jack White

  14. 14
    Rock music, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Country, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Reggae, Blues More
    Talk Is Cheap, Main Offender, Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988, Learning the Game, Vintage Vinos, Wicked as It Seems More
    England
    Second only to Hendrix (with Page a close third) in "coolest looking guitarist" rankings.
  15. 15
    Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Reggae, Blues More
    London
    Strictly the Blues, Concert for George, Riding With the King, Motherless Child, The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 2, Collection, Hits of Fire, Eric Clapton & Friends Live, Crossroads, Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies, The Professor Blues Review, Montreux, 1986, Instrumental Blues Jams, The Yardbird Years, Tears in Heaven, Me and Mr. Johnson, Live In Hyde Park, Steppin' Out, Knocking on Heaven's Door / Someone Like You, Reptile, Sessions for Robert J, I Ain't Gonna Stand for It, Forever Man, Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, Greatest Hits, Slowhand, Exhaust Note-album, If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day-single, Live With Orchestra-compilation album, 1976-11-15: One Night in Dallas: Dallas, TX, USA-live album, What's Shakin', The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 1, E.C. Was Here, There's One in Every Crowd, Eric Clapton and Friends: Heart Full of Soul, The Blues Years, 1989-02-03: Beetle Clasher: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, Eric Clapton, Volume 2, Best of the Yardbird Years, Blues Power, The Cream of Eric Clapton, August, Riding With the King, Journeyman, Timepieces, Volume II: 'Live' in the Seventies, 24 Nights, Telephone Blues, It Hurts Me Too-single, The Twelfth Night-live album, 1977-06-13: Forest National, Bruxelles, Belgium-live album, 2006-05-05: La Palestre, Le Cannet, France-live album, 2001-12-04: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-live album, Ballads, The Cream of Clapton, Volume 2, Back Home, Another Ticket, Eric Clapton & Friends: Let It Rock, The Cream of Clapton, Wake Up Everybody, Eric Clapton at His Best, Complete Clapton, Rush, Clapton, 1994-04-28: Royal Albert Hall, London, England-live album, Pilgrim, The Early Clapton Collection, From the Cradle, Eric Clapton Early Years, 1992 - Live in New York, Layla (acoustic), The Road to Escondido, Lethal Weapon 3, Blue Eyes Blue, Presence of the Lord-live album, 1990-10-05: Amigos: Buenos Aires, Argentina-live album, 1994-11-28: Club Full of Blues: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA-live album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Money and Cigarettes, Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Stages, Clapton, The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert-compilation album, Tribute To Elmore-compilation album, 1987-03-27: The 18th Hole: Cranleigh, Surrey, UK-live album, Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert, Backless, The Survivor, Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, Backtrackin', The Very Best: Blues and Ballads, Eric Clapton & Friends, 1986-11-23: New Blood Brother: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA-live album, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton, Edge of Darkness, The Budokan Blues, Volume I, Eric Clapton, Story, The Early Years, Experience, Eric Clapton, Volume 3, Layla - Acoustic, Time Pieces: Best of Eric Clapton, After Midnight Live, Most Famous Hits: The Album, Eric Clapton and Friends, The Blues Concert, Unplugged, Post Cricket Jam-album, Lonely Years-single, Further on Up the Crossroads-compilation album, 1977-06-11: Groenoordhall, Leiden, Netherlands-live album, A Blues Evening-live album, Blues, No Reason to Cry, Just One Night, Live in Japan, 2001-12-04: Budokan, Japan, For Your Love, Eric Clapton, 1990-05-03: Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA-live album, L. Z. Was Here-live album, Ringtrick, Blues Rehearsals, And Friends in Concert, Kind of Blues, Unplugged, One More Car One More Rider, On Tour with Eric Clapton, 2003-03-01: Yokohama, Japan (disc 1) (#12), 2001-12-04: Budokan, Japan, Live at Budokan, Play With Fire, 1974-07-18: Smiling Away: Tempe Diablo Stadium, Tempe, AZ, USA-live album, 1974-07-20: Long Beach, CA, USA-live album, 1974-07-21: Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, USA-live album, 1976-11-16: One Night in Oklahoma: LLoyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK, USA-live album, 1974-07-27: Hideaway: Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, MS, USA-live album, 1978-02-12: Layla: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA-live album, 1983-04-20: Bremen, Germany-live album, 1983-04-20: No One Else: Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany-live album, 1987-01-11: Romantic Isolation: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK-live album, 1986-08-16: Tearing Us Apart: Ronnie Scott's Club, London, UK-live album, 1985-07-05: Chicago No Bad Blues: Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA-live album, 1984-06-17: Thanks for the Ride: Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden-live album, 1987-01-16: Caught in the Act: Ahoy Halle, Rotterdam, Netherlands-live album, 1990-04-15: Detroit, MI, USA-live album, 1992-05-08: Live in New York 1992: Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA-live album, 1991-07-02: Royal Albert Hall, London, England-live album, 1992-02-02: Tears in Heaven: Brighton Centre, Sussex, UK-live album, 1998-10-16: Hope We Don't Peak Too Soon: Earls Court, London, UK-live album, 1996-09-12: The Armani Party: Lexington Armory, New York, NY, USA-live album, 1999-11-24: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan-live album, 1999-11-27: Pilgrim Tour: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-live album, 2001-10-06: River of Tears: Buenos Aires, Argentina-live album, 2004-12-31/2005-01-01: Trusted Servants and a Beatle: Woking Leisure Centre, UK-live album, 2004-06-06: Crossroads Festival-live album, 2004-07-30: HP Pavilion: San Jose, CA, USA-live album, 2006-06-03: Frankfurt am Main, Germany-live album, 2006-05-25: Truckin' the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK-live album, 2006-07-08: Arena Santa Giuliana, Perugia, Italy-live album, Blues Night-live album, Montreux '86-live album, Highclere Castle, Countryside Rocks-live album, From the Cradle to the Fillmore West-live album, Behind the Sun, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Eric Clapton, She's So Respectable, Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies, Circus (disc 1), Icon-compilation album, Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton, Wonderful Tonight (Live), Guitar Boogie, Crossroads, 16 Greatest Hits, Mister Slowhand, The World of Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Draggin' My Tail (Black Box), The Best of Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton discography, (I) Get Lost, Georgia Blues-compilation album, With Yardbirds and Jimmy Page, The First Time I Met the Blues, The Best of Eric Clapton, 24 Carat Blues Band-album, Rarities-album, Change the World, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden, The History of Eric Clapton, White Boy Blues, The Story of Us-soundtrack, Turn Up Down, My Father's Eyes, Big Boss Man, Eric Clapton Exclusive Collection, Behind the Mask, Pretending-single More
    United Kingdom, England
    Although these days he tends to use no more than 50% of his God-given talent (often less), that doesn't mean he's lost it all - and his record in the 60s and 70s speaks for itself.
  16. 16
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Post-punk
    Heroine, Captive
    England
  17. 17
    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Jazz, Blues, Electric blues, Instrumental rock, Southern rock, Texas blues More
    Austin, Dallas
    Live From Austin, Touch the Sky - Studio Sessions, Family Style, Soul to Soul, Texas Flood (Expanded Edition), Texas Flood, The Final Concert at Alpine, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bug, Mega Rare Trax, Volume 1, Live at Carnegie Hall, Couldn't Stand the Weather, In the Beginning, Let the Good Times Roll, Live at Carnegie Hall, Box Set 3, Tokyo '85, Live In Tokyo, Live At Montreux 1982 and 1985, Live from Austin, Texas, The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Volume 2, In Step, Live at the El Mocambo, Live at Austin City Limits, A Good Texan: Live, The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session, October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990, Rough Edges, The Sky Is Crying, The Best Of, Tin Pan Alley (Remastered), Collections, Pride and Joy, The Rocker More
    United States of America
  18. 18
    Folk music, Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Folk rock, Punk rock, Alternative metal, Funk-rock, Post-grunge, Acoustic music, Rapcore, Rap metal, Blues, Funk metal, Anti-folk More
    Los Angeles
    The Fabled City, Union Town, One Man Revolution, World Wide Rebel Songs, Live at Lime, World Wide Rebel Songs More
    United States of America
    By far the most original player of the alt-rock era. You've heard his playing in RATM of course, but check out this video of Morello absolutely shredding guesting with The Boss at a concert I was lucky to have attended.
  19. 19
    Rock music, Hard rock, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Roots rock, Blues, Jam band, Southern rock More
    Tales Of Ordinary Madness, Live at Bonnaroo, The Lone EP, Live from Bonnaroo 2004 More
    United States of America
  20. 20
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal, Neo-classical metal
    United States of America
  21. 21
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Psychedelic rock, Neo-classical metal
    Metamorphosis of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Under A Dark Sky, Aquila Suite - 12 Arpeggio Concert Etudes for Solo Piano, Sky of Avalon: Prologue to the Symphonic Legends, The Best Of, Best Of CD 2, Transcendental Sky Guitar, Legends of Rock - Live at Castle Donington, From Here to Eternity, Transcendental Skyguitar More
    The most underexposed Guitar God of alltime.
  22. 22
    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, World music, Blues, Blue-eyed soul, Southern rock More
    Already Free, Songlines Live, The Derek Trucks Band, Out of the Madness, Live at Georgia Theatre, Soul Serenade, Joyful Noise, Revelator More
    United States of America
    Check out this version of Derek and the Domines "Anyday" that Trucks and his wife do (with sick vocals from the singer of the Trucks band who I'm not always a huge fan of)
  23. 23

    Buck Dharma

    Hard rock, Heavy metal
    Flat Out
    United States of America
  24. 24
    Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Electronic music, Post-rock, Ambient music, Dub, Punk rock, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Funk-rock, Psychedelic rock, Noise music, Reggae, Electronica, Experimental music, Post-hardcore, Avant garde metal, Art rock, Math rock, Acid jazz More
    Bayamón
    Old Money, Despair, Mantra Hiroshima, Se dice bisonte, no búfalo, Please Heat This Eventually, Ciencia de los Inútiles, Tychozorente, Dōitashimashite, Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far), Los Sueños de un Higado, Cizaña de los Amores, Megaritual, Xenophanes, Sepulcros de Miel, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch, Solar Gambling, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward, Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead, Cryptomnesia, A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One, Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus, Un Escorpión Perfumado, Omar Rodriguez, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange, Telesterion More
    United States of America
    Leader of the Mars Volta. A spectacularly talented and innovative player.
  25. 25

    Sonny Sharrock

    Jazz
    Ask the Ages, Monkey - Pockie - Boo, Black Woman, Guitar, Seize the Rainbow, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Into Another Light More
    United States of America
    Ask The Ages is one of my top 3 alltime instrumental albums.

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    Alltime Best Rock Guitar Players at 3/17/2011 7:54 AM
    you have both really good and really terrible taste. you recognize underrated greatness like Rory Gallagher, and Sonny Sharrock even, but Jerry Garcia #2???? schitzophrenia??
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